Tech

Facebook Helps the Blind “See” its Photos

While visual content provides a fun and expressive way for people to communicate online, consuming and creating it poses challenges for people who are blind or severely visually impaired.
 
Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), Facebook’s servers can now…

Introducing The Healthy Perspectives Podcast

CDMi has a lot to say about digital media, healthcare, and innovation. So it’s about time we bought a microphone and shared those insights with the world. Through our exciting new podcast series, The Healthy Perspectives Podcast, Greg Wong and I will…

Adaptive design is helping people with mental illness quit smoking

Facebook jumping into the [live]stream

Livestreaming has been a trendy topic and an increasingly prominent component of social, mobile and web channels over the last year. Now Facebook is making a big jump into the real-time video space, as the social network announced yesterday that anyone with an…

AngelSense app updates can help us track our loved ones with special needs

Apps and wearable devices have become great tools in helping us track ourselves and our things, from monitoring our vitals and counting our steps to tracking our monthly spending. Now there’s an app…

Cross-device ads set to take off in 2016

Today’s average person can have multiple devices on them at one time. They can be on their desktop at one point, walk away and consume content on their phone, and end up on their tablet while they watch tv. That’s why now, more than ever, we as advertisers…

2016 Digital Health Trends

At CDMiConnect, we are constantly surveying the technology and healthcare landscapes for trends that make sense…

Wearables are quickly becoming treatables

Wearables can give us a lot of useful information about our health. But now we’re seeing an increase in devices that don’t simply track — they also treat. Quell, which bills itself as “wearable pain relief”, is a perfect example. While the science behind it…